Re: New shdocvw.dll in Security Update?
From: Cycloid Torus (fictitious_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/19/05
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:54:57 -0400
Happily, 1st check came thru:
"Your browser has been checked for parasites. None was found."
While at this I did learn that recent update from Norton (the Windows
Management thingy) had apparently borked a bit of registry (found and
resolved with RegistryMechanic from pctools). This nice utility also let
about 14 megs of air out of the registry which has bloated over the past
year to 64 megs (is Registry Mechanic the best "bloat killer" or is there
another?).
I promise to download and run HiJack_This, as it is prudent - and spend the
time to learn what it says. I run with NAV, ASw, SpywareBlaster and Spybot
together with Internet Zone set to "High" if I use IE in an Admin priv user
account - all behind ZoneAlarm and a NAT router.
Since I checked and confirmed size and datestamp on shdocvw.dll (see below)
I am still inclined to think this is a quirk in ASw. Apparently, the
February version of shdocvw.dll is replaced by a slightly different version
for the second "hotfix".
Check what Microsoft says about its Security Update.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-020.mspx
If you dig down through "Security Update Information", they finally tell you
what files on which they they did things - with time stamp (different from
February) and size (same as February). I found this thru your earlier
comment (Thanks PA_Bear!).
"The English version of this security update has the file attributes that
are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are
listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file
information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between
UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in
Control Panel.
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2:
File Name Version Date Time Size Folder
Shdocvw.dll
6.0.2900.2627
10-Mar-2005
08:02
1,483,264
SP2GDR
Shdocvw.dll
6.0.2900.2627
10-Mar-2005
07:43
1,484,288
SP2QFE
Note When you install this security update on Windows XP Service Pack 2, the
installer checks to see if one or more of the files that are being updated
on your system have previously been updated by a Microsoft hotfix.
If you have previously installed a hotfix to update an affected file, the
installer copies the SP2QFE files to your system.
If you have not previously installed a hotfix to update an affected file,
the installer copies the SP2GDR files to your system.
For more information about this behavior, see Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article 824994."
I think the change caused a sufficient "dance" for ASw to report a possible
exception.
I am beginning to understand why MS is going thru all this "versioning"
(killing DLL hell before it starts, etc) - I just hope it doesn't bring more
problems than it solves.
Best regards,
CT
ps Hope the AWOL was fun.
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